The lovely bones
One of the best movies of 2009 – in my humble opinion –, “The Lovely Bones” is a journey that takes you to an idea of heaven we all want to have when we die. Trying to maintain his idea faithful to the story, Peter Jackson’s softer version of the book – body parts and sex free – is a delight to the eye and very worth seeing.
“The Lovely Bones” tells you the story of Susie Salmon, a girl that after being brutally raped and murdered goes to heaven to keep a close watch on her family and her murderer. She has to choose between seeking revenge from the man that stole her life and helping her family forget what happened to her and move on.
Though the visual effects are exquisite and present the afterlife as the place we all would like to go after dying, the best part of the movie is the humanity that it reinstates in our minds and the idea of the world we live in today.
The problems the Salmons have to overcome and the embracing of death in the way Susie does, are brave feelings and ways to face obstacles we all should take as our own and apply in our daily living to become better people.
If all mankind would watch the movie, we would live in a better place.
Being 1 a “movie you should avoid at all costs” and 10 a “must see in theaters and buy the blue ray to save it in your collection”, this movie is an absolute 11.
